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U.S. v. SMITH

No. 16-2035.

860 F.3d 508 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Terry Joe SMITH, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 19, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley A. Blackington , Bob Wood , Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Daniel J. Hillis , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, Thomas W. Patton , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Posner, Rovner, and Williams, Circuit Judges.

A jury convicted Terry Joe Smith, a police officer, of violating 18 U.S.C. § 242, by subjecting two men to the intentional use of unreasonable and excessive force, and violating their civil right to be free of such abuse. The district court sentenced Smith to fourteen months' imprisonment, less than half the low end of...

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